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Its funny how we Americans run like headless chicken when the unemployment rate hits 6.3% while Europe has rates like that in the good years.
by newt0311 18y ago
Its funny how we Americans run like headless chicken when the unemployment rate hits 6.3% while Europe has rates like that in the good years.
- jcl 18y agoOn the other hand, unemployed Europeans get paid more. (Or so the argument goes... No idea how true it is, as I can't find stats.)
- mechanical_fish 18y agoTwo words: health insurance.
- kqr2 18y agoThe actual unemployment rate in America is higher because we stop counting people after their unemployment insurance runs out.
- nradov 18y agoWrong. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.faq.htm http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.faq.htm
- steveplace 18y agoTwo numbers in the unemployment report: U3 and U6. U3 is lower and the one looked after in the media. U6 is much more harrowing and much more accurate.